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 Injuries to P2W riders tend to be disproportionately high in relation to both the number of journeys they make and their proportion per 100,000 population. For example: In Sutton, less than 2% of journeys on 'A' roads are made by PTW riders, yet during those journeys in 2003 there were 112 accidents where they were injured. That's about 65 per 100k population. If you are aged between 16 - 24 you would be most at risk, as this age group suffered a third of all injuries. Injuries to other age groups were recorded as just over a half (60%) amongst those 25 - 59, with the remainder falling amongst those over 60, under 16 or 'unknown'. Don't be fooled by the statistical 'bulge' of 60% - it covers a much wider age range than that for younger riders. In Greater London the general picture is worse than this. P2W's account for 2% of all journeys yet the 6,237 P2W injuries in 2003 accounted for 20% of all injury accidents - 88 per 100k population - which is double the national rate. Nationally, the 28, 411 injuries accounted for 10% of all casualties (around 48 per 100k population) though only 1% of journeys are made on P2W's. |
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